Scarce Women and Surplus Men in China and India Macro Demographics versus Local Dynamics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Srinivasan, Sharada (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Li, Shuzhuo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development ; 8
• Subjects: Demography.; Population.; Sociology.; Population Economics.; Gender Studies.

This volume documents how families, communities and some groups (single men, young 'scarce' women, parents) adapt and adjust to recent demographic shifts in China and India. It discuss how demographic change interacts with other processes of change, including changes with respect to econom...